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Lonely Planet is launching a travel-inspired film festival around the country.

Throughout March, cinemas in Brixton, Greenwich, York, Exeter and Edinburgh will be showing classics such as Peter Collinson’s The Italian Job, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amelie and Pedro Almodovar’s Volver.

According to Lonely Planet’s Tom Hall, the aim of the festival is to encourage viewers to experience a destination in a different way. ‘We’ve tried to pick an eclectic mix of great international films which will inspire people to travel,’ he says.